House Bill 18Enacted March 1, 1939, approved the opening of a law school at the North Carolina College for Negroes (now NCCU).
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Robert R. Bond – The first student to enroll and graduate from the NC College of Law in 1943. He was the only African-American to pass the bar in 1943 in North Carolina.
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In 1944, the first female students were admitted — Marcia McDonald (left) and Ruth Norman (right).
Maurice T. Van Hecke - The Dean of the Law School at UNCChapel Hill who also served as the first Dean of the North Carolina College School(NCC) of Law from 1939-42.
Administration Building- The first classes for the School of Law were held on the top floor in 1940.
In 1950, the law school received accreditation from the American Bar Association.
th In 1980, the Albert Turner Law Building opened.
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1981 1975 – North Carolina General Assembly appropriates 2.5 million for a new law school building.
In 1981, NCCU opens the first evening law school program in the state.
In 1990 -Mary E. Wright became the first woman to hold the position of Dean of the Law School.
In 1995National Jurist magazine named NCCU Law School as the best for women.
